every inch

Completely, wholly, as in He was every inch a leader, or I had to argue this case every inch of the way. [Early 1400s]

In every respect; entirely: "Ay, every inch a king!" (Shakespeare).

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Smallwood	['smɔ:lwud]
Libbie	LIB-ee	English
Grady	GRAY-dee	Irish, English
Renate	re-NAH-tə (German), rə-NAH-tə (Dutch)	German, Dutch, Norwegian
Gena (1)	JEE-nə	English
Connor	[kɔnə]